Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a terrorist organization formed in the 1960s by children of Iranian merchants;
sought to counter the Shah of Iran's pro-western policies of modernization and opposition to communism;
following a philosophy that mixes Marxism and Islam it now attacks the Islamic fundamentalists who deposed the Shah;
[syn: Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization, MKO, MEK, People's Mujahidin of Iran]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
MKO
n 1: a terrorist organization formed in the 1960s by children of
Iranian merchants; sought to counter the Shah of Iran's
pro-western policies of modernization and opposition to
communism; following a philosophy that mixes Marxism and
Islam it now attacks the Islamic fundamentalists who
deposed the Shah [syn: Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization,
MKO, MEK, People's Mujahidin of Iran]